Please Appreciation Thread

[Vlad n U 2]

What an amazing song Please is, the lyrics, Adams bass, Bonos singing, Larrys Sunday Bloody Sunday-esque drums and Edges stunning guitar throughout the whole song. Please = (full band live)

Talk about how good Please is... Hopefully they'll play full band versions in the next tour.

Best song off Pop imo.

 

[u2popmofo]

The live version from the Staring at the Sun EP/single has always been one of my favorite live U2 recordings. I loved this song from the first time I heard it, still do. Not a fan of the single version though.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

This is the live version I was talking about...
Solo at 4:10 onwards is just AMAZING! With Bonos "oh oh ohs" = Genius song.

YouTube - Please U2 Pop Mart

Sends chills down my spine.

 

[digitize]

One of their top ten, and the best off of Pop. Absolutely stunning song. And top five where lyrics are concerned.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

One of their top ten, and the best off of Pop. Absolutely stunning song. And top five where lyrics are concerned.

Spot on.

In my personal top 5 of U2 songs, hope they bring it back full band for the next tour.

 

[Rob33]

This is the live version I was talking about...
Solo at 4:10 onwards is just AMAZING! With Bonos "oh oh ohs" = Genius song.

YouTube - Please U2 Pop Mart

Sends chills down my spine.

wowwww unbelievable performance, thank you!

I just realized that Larry is copying the SBS drums like at 3:20 haha...interesting

 

[europop2005]

Really raw song, great guitar...great solo, just pure emotion.

 

[major_panic]

Please > Streets = epic transition.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

wowwww unbelievable performance, thank you!

I just realized that Larry is copying the SBS drums like at 3:20 haha...interesting

I kept on replaying that performance, probably one of the best of the whole PopMart tour imo. Now I need the audio for this song.

While the solo, while not as long as I would've hoped it'd be, was amazing and fit the song perfectly, shows Edges skill once again.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Please > Streets = epic transition.

It should be like that for the next tour.

 

[hasin73]

Of all the songs of U2,PLEASE has the greatest improvement from studio to live.

Listening to it feels like you are in heaven.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Of all the songs of U2,PLEASE has the greatest improvement from studio to live.

Listening to it feels like you are in heaven.

You're right.

I really liked the studio version, but the live version was just magnificent.

 

[last unicorn]

My favourite song from Pop, one of my favourite U2 songs.

I want to hear Please LIVE again!

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

my favorite.

are we just starting againnnnnnnn?

 

[vaz02]

I love the SBS drum snippet

 

[DevilsShoes]

My favourite U2 song of the nineties.

How it went from the small-scale mood peice on the album to becoming something so epic and emotional on stage is incredible. Love those falsetto's with that blood red screen too.

The Santiago version is another classic.

YouTube - U2 - Please (Popmart Santiago 1998)

 

[Saracene]

I didn't appreciate Please for a very long time, but now I think it's one of the finest songs on Pop, My only remaining quibble is that I still feel that some of Bono's vocals on the studio version sound a bit wobbly, as if he hasn't fully figured out how to perform it.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Don't think it's the best song on Pop, Wake Up Dead Man and Mofo are better, but it's still an absolute gem. The fact that it rarely gets played, hasn't been on any greatest hits packages makes it even more special. Never liked it live though.

 

[intedomine]

Incredible tune, remember seeing the video on Tv when it was in the AriA top 50 and it was weird to watch, wasn't really a fan of it back then, wasnt actually a U2 fan, but really made me wonder about this U2 band. I didn't quite get what they were all about.

Got into them properly a few years later. Hadn't heard Please in about 5 years, was awesome to hear it again. It's one of U2's best songs. Top 15 for sure.

Lyrical gold.

 

[Mauwer]

The live version from the Staring at the Sun EP/single has always been one of my favorite live U2 recordings.

I was at that show ( Rotterdam 07-18-97 ) , that version is just
I also was at the 2nd Rotterdam gig.
That night Please was also great but it just cannot live up to the night before!

And yes they should bring it back next tour.
But not the acoustic version that was just

Cheers ,

Mauwer

 

[Salome]

brilliant live song
you really do need a live setting to pull off a song of which the chorus is
" please, please, get up off your knees"

 

[roy]

A top 3 song from the 90's for me.

 

[gman]

TOP BANANA! Great song. Deffo in top 5 songs from the 90's. A highlight of the Popmart shows to. Cant decide whether it is Please or Miami that stole the show

 

[The Disciple]

Please segues in2 COBL on the next tour and I die!

 

[U2girl]

The best song of the album, and the best live.

 

[waynetravis]

One of the best sounding songs ever

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Who could not be stunned by that amazing and fast solo at around 4 minutes of the live version I posted.

No acoustic, this song HAS to be in full band.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

One of the best Edge solos in my opinion as well.

 

[Cooper_Pariah]

Please is one of my absolute faves! But only the live version. I could never get my hands on the live version from the EP, but I heard it and it totally blows away the studio version. The version on the Mexico City DVD is great too. I love Bono's tribal-esque vocals at the end.

 

[Moser]

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